Dresden 2011 – scientific programme
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MA: Fachverband Magnetismus
MA 4: Magnetic Coupling Phenomena/ Exchange Bias
MA 4.8: Talk
Monday, March 14, 2011, 12:45–13:00, HSZ 403
Element specific analysis of magnetic anisotropy in practical Mn-based antiferromagnetic alloys from first principles. — •Sergii Khmelevskyi1, Alexandr B. Shick2, and Peter Mohn1 — 1Institute of Applied Physics, Vienna University of Technology, Makkartvilla, Gusshausstrasse, 25 — 2Institute of Physics ASCR, v.v.i., Na Slovance 2, 182 21 Praha 8, Czech Republic
Magnetic Anisotropy Energy (MAE) and element specific contribution to MAE has been studied for practical Mn-based antiferromagnetic alloys with layered L1$_{0}$ structure in the framework of the Local Spin Density Approximation and fully relativistic torque method. It is found that the contribution to the total MAE from non-magnetic 3d and 4d-elements in MnNi and MnPd alloys is comparable to the contribution of the magnetic Mn atoms. In the 3d-5d MnIr alloy the Ir contribution is found to be dominating. The origin of this contribution from the elements with total zero atomic spin moment is linked to the calculated non-trivial spin density distributions on the corresponding atom, which gives a zero moment only on average. We have also found and discuss a strong dependence of the total and element specific contribution to MAE on the state of the magnetic order.